The Mosquito Coast (2021–2023)
7/10
A solid watch and carries the same narcissistic vibe as the original movie and book
11 January 2023
I seem to be unique in finding the daughter the most real character to watch. Her parents are just plain bonkers, and her brother is too young and naive to understand what's really going on around him. Her consistent dislike and distrust of her parents in season 2 is exactly how I started to feel, as the parents swung from agreement to outright hatred and betrayal of each other from one episode to the next.

Half way through season 2 I was feeling for the mother, but then she switches back to her activist ways thinking, which would mean abandoning the return to normal life she had just promised to restore to her children, what?! Haven't finished the season yet, so no idea if she pursues that, but its got to the point where I hope the daughter just gets up and leaves to make a better life for herself. Her parents are just awful people and her brother is oblivious.

Harrison Ford in the original movie was an awful obsessive and narcissistic character, but it was Harrison Ford, so you let it slide more. In this TV adaption, the father is a narcissistic bully with zero redeeming traits, the mother is borderline schizophrenic, the son is a wet sponge, and the daughter is wondering how on earth she got stuck with this crazy family and just wants a normal stable life.
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